Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ballad of Greychalk: The Winners

Two weeks ago The New York Times revealed the National Security Agency was operating from a base within the Goldshire Inn on the Moon Guard server of World of Warcraft. These communiques compromised Greychalk, who is the NSA section chief for Azeroth—and the subject of our latest ‘Shop Contest! Congratulations to CATSOLDIER, the overall No.…

After the Sandy Hook school massacre last year, Antwand Pearman of GamerFitNation organized a “cease fire” day during which gamers avoided first-person shooters and other violent games. Today is the second Cease-Fire, a statement against gun violence and supporting victims of it. The Cease-Fire lasts to midnight. “It’s an opportunity for gamers to show that…

Peggle 2 Marriage Proposal Level Had ‘Nope,’ Just In Case

Rob and Shireen are bigtime Peggle fans. Big enough that Rob went to PopCap and asked if they’d help him pop the question. Hell yes they would! Game studios love this kind of thing. But just in case Rob and Shireen weren’t like, an actual thing, Peggle 2 made sure to leave a way out.…

PS4, Xbox One ‘May Use 3 Times More Power’ Than the Last Generation [Corrected]

I just got my power bill for Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, and while I was ready for a big number after switching from oil to a heat pump, I’m wondering if my PS4 and Xbox One weren’t the real culprits. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, I can expect to pay $150 in…

Breakup Advice, from Mortal Kombat

Poor Sub. I guess Mileena was only looking for Friendship. This image made the rounds this past week—maybe you saw it on Tumblr, or via Cheezburger. It’s by the illustrator and photographer Ryan T. Alexander, whose portfolio you can see here. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on…

This Week in the Business: $200 Million Pledged for Kickstarter Games

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … STAT | $200 million—The total amount of money that’s gone towards game projects on the crowdfunding website since the beginning; games account for 22% of all projects. QUOTE | “We don’t think it is out of the question that the title could wind…

Sony is hiring developers for “人喰いの大鷲トリコ”—which is the Japanese title for The Last Guardian Interestingly, the job listing says it’s forPlayStation 3 game development …

Look at Awesome Japanese Toys from Jump Festa. Look at Them!

Every year, Japanese publisher, Shueisha, hosts Jump Festa – a convention celebrating its most popular publication, Shonen Jump as a thank you to fans and to give people a little taste of things to come in terms of games, anime, and other assorted media. Also on display (and for sale) are some pretty awesome toys…

Mario Kart 8 Drove Me Up The Walls… In a Good Way

The original Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo was a game that quite literally ended friendships back in the day. Now, over two decades later, the latest addition to the series, Mario Kart 8 is headed for the Wii U next spring, and I got a chance for a little hands-on time at this year’s…

Mecha-Naruto. Yes. Designed by Naruto manga creator Masashi Kishimoto, Mecha-Naruto will be transforming into mechanical Kyubi form and piloting the fearsome Mecha-Kurama in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4 next year. Believe it.

Watch Every Cheesy Action Movie One-Liner Ever (More Or Less)

“My name is Inigo Montoya. Now I have a machine gun. Hasta la vista, baby.” It’d probably be an overstatement to say that this supercut from MewLists contained every excellent action movie one-liner ever, but it’s damn close. Though allow me to say that they picked the wrong Judge Dredd movie. But hey, 99 out…

Let’s See How Long It Takes To Cut Down One Simulated Tree

December isn’t the busiest time for new game releases. Which makes it the perfect time to try something new — like this lumberjack simulator. Although I always thought running around with a chainsaw would be more entertaining. Once you figure out what to do, the game works fine, but don’t think that this game has…

Curious about Valve’s new SteamOS? Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry takes the beta version of the new TV-friendly operating system through its paces, finding some issues that hold the OS back but allowing that it “could well be the direction PC gaming needs to find a home in the living room.”

Drop Everything: Cookie Clicker Just Got A Christmas Update.

IT’S FINALLY TIME. All those cookies I’ve been saving up since last time now have a purpose. There’s a new Cookie Clicker update and it involves growing a Santa from a test tube. It always begins with a mystery: Here’s a look at the new features upgrades, although I’m just short of (I hope) the…

Jeopardy Contestant Tries a Bane Impersonation

Sure, you can answer a Jeopardy question like a regular, normal human being. Or you could answer it in the voice of Bane, like a real champ does. Good job, man. Although if you wanted to go all in, you could have done this: Jeopardy via Tastefully Offensive To contact the author of this post,…